Unit1 What’s the matter
Period One (Section A:1a-1c)
Teaching aims:
1.Knowledge aims:
1)Ss can use the following words and phrases: head , ear, eye, mouth, nose,
throat , neck, back, hand, arm, leg, tooth-teeth, foot-feet , matter, have a cold, stomachache, , backache, headache, toothache
2)Ss can use the following sentence patterns:
What’s the matter? I have a stomach./I have a sore back./I have a cold.
He/She has a sore throat.
What should I do? You should …
2.Ability aims: Learn how to talk about health problems and give some advice
3.Emotion aims: Let the Ss know keeping healthy is important
Important & difficult points:
Learn how to talk about health and give some advice.
Teaching aids: computer
Teaching design:
Step 1 Warming-up
Sing an English song: If you’re happy.
Step 2 Word study
1. T: Are you happy?
S: Yes, we are.
T: When we’re happy, we can clap our hands and stamp our feet. Hands and feet are parts of our body, look at the boy, can you say other parts of our body in English?
S: Yes ,I can.
2.Present a picture of a baby. let the Ss say the parts of the body.
3.Work on Section A 1a
4. Play a game: Touch the parts of your body
1)Let the whole class touch the parts of their body when teacher say: Touch
your…
2)Ask six Ss to come to the front and do as the teacher tells them: Touch
your…if one does wrong, let him or her go back, the last one who in the front is the winner.(clap hands)
Step 3 Presentation and practice
1. T: Are you happy? Ss: Yes, we are.
T: Look at the picture, is he happy?
Ss: No, he isn’t.
T: Why?(Help the Ss to answer: He has a stomachache.)
2.Present other pictures, talk about health problems of the persons in the pictures. What’s the matter? He/She has a headache/ toothache /a sore back/ a sore throat/a cold and a cough.
3. Let the Ss practice in pairs
4. T: Suppose there is something wrong with your body .You may say: I have a headache. I have a sore throat.
Step 4 Chant
Head, head, I have a headache. I have a headache,
Stomach, stomach, I have a stomachache. I have a stomachache,
Ear, ear, I have an earache. I have an earache,
Tooth, tooth, I have a toothache. I have a toothache.
Back, back, I have a sore back. I have a sore back,
Throat, throat, I have a sore throat. I have a sore throat.
Oh, dear! Do more exercise, please and keep healthy!
Step 5 listen and say
1.Work on Section A 1b, listen and number the names 1-5.
2.Listen again and talk about the health problems of the persons in the picture.
Eg: Nancy has a toothache, Sarah has a cold,…
Step6. Presentation
Guessing game
The teacher shows some part of the pictures to the Ss and let them guess .
T: What’s the matter with him/her?
S: Does he/she have a …?
T: Yes, he/she has a cold. Can you give him/ her some advice? What
should he /she do?
S: He /She should drink hot tea with honey/ shouldn’t speak more/ go to see a doctor… (Ss can give different advice as they like)
T: What’s the matter with him/her?
S: Does he/she have a …?
T: Yes, he / she has a / an toothache /fever / headache / earache…What
should he /she do?
S: He /She should go to see a dentist / shouldn’t eat ice cream/shouldn’t
drink cold water /lie down and rest / shouldn’t play basketball/ should
drink a lot of water./should see a doctor…
Step7. Practice
Group-work. Role play the conversations in 2b. Let the Ss read the conversations first. Then work in a group, make a new conversation .
A: What’s the matter?
B: My head feels very hot.
A: Maybe you have a fever.
B: What should I do?
A: You should drink hot water and take some medicine
Step 8 Summary。